Isabella R. Wynocker;En Xia Zhang;Robert A. Reed;Ronald D. Schrimpf;Antonio Arreghini;João P. Bastos;Geert Van den Bosch;Dimitri Linten;Daniel M. Fleetwood
{"title":"Random Telegraph Noise and Radiation Response of 80 nm Vertical Charge-Trapping NAND Flash Memory Devices With SiON Tunneling Oxide","authors":"Isabella R. Wynocker;En Xia Zhang;Robert A. Reed;Ronald D. Schrimpf;Antonio Arreghini;João P. Bastos;Geert Van den Bosch;Dimitri Linten;Daniel M. Fleetwood","doi":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3431436","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3431436","url":null,"abstract":"Random telegraph noise (RTN) measurements are performed on as-processed, programmed, erased, and irradiated 80 nm vertical charge-trapping nand memory transistors. Variations in current with time of up to ±20% are observed during the RTN testing interval. The RTN of these devices is relatively unaffected by irradiation of devices to 500 krad(SiO2). Root-mean-square (rms) magnitudes of measured RTN exceed predictions of number-fluctuation models (NFMs) by up to six-times. This result demonstrates that fluctuations in carrier scattering rates caused by motion and/or reconfiguration of traps at grain boundaries likely lead to a significant fraction of the low-frequency noise and/or RTN in poly-crystalline Si channel, charge-trapping memory devices. The magnitudes of these fluctuations may present significant challenges to the resolution of highly scaled 3-D memory devices.","PeriodicalId":13406,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10604903","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141738018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proton and Electron Pulse Shape Discrimination for In Situ Radiation Belt Monitoring","authors":"Maxime Pinson;Pablo Caron;Quentin Gibaru","doi":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3426972","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3426972","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this article is to develop the necessary numerical models to study the differences of the induced current pulse shapes of protons and electrons in solid-state detectors (SSDs), all while validating these models with an experimental test bench. The shape of the captured current pulse created by the passage of the particle in the SSD is indicative of the nature of the particle, which we aim to predict using the information in the pulse shape. The performances and limits of such a system are explored here in the scope of proton/electron discrimination in Earth’s radiation belts. This provides a meaningful asset to the methods used in radiation monitors these days, which mostly rely on total energy deposited.","PeriodicalId":13406,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141738019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomasz Rajkowski;Jérôme Boch;Frédéric Saigné;Pierre-Xiao Wang;Sławomir Wronka;Michał Matusiak;Adam Wasilewski
{"title":"TID Level of Failure Dependence From Operating Configuration of the System—Space Class DC/DC Converter Case Study","authors":"Tomasz Rajkowski;Jérôme Boch;Frédéric Saigné;Pierre-Xiao Wang;Sławomir Wronka;Michał Matusiak;Adam Wasilewski","doi":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3431281","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3431281","url":null,"abstract":"We present and analyze system-level total ionizing dose (TID) tests of the simple analog system, point-of-load (PoL) dc/dc converter from 3D Plus, which was already qualified up to 50 krad(SiO2) based on component-level tests. TID response varied with the radiation facility for several parts; however, extensive testing with one part has shown significant differences in the TID level of functional failure observed for different operation modes (configurations): depending on the operating configuration of the device, the observed TID level of failure varies from about 60 krad(SiO2) to more than 400 krad(SiO2). These differences are depicted with the use of the safe operating area (SOA) plot for the system, which incorporates main system functional parameters. We also explore the potential utilization of the SOA concept in defining the system’s TID performance, employing a range of TID thresholds rather than relying on a singular value.","PeriodicalId":13406,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141738016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugo Cintas;Frédéric Wrobel;Frédéric Saigné;Marine Ruffenach;Damien Herrera;Françoise Bezerra;Julien Mekki;Athina Varotsou
{"title":"Proton, Electron, and Photon Flux Measurement and Simulation During Stratospheric Balloon Flights","authors":"Hugo Cintas;Frédéric Wrobel;Frédéric Saigné;Marine Ruffenach;Damien Herrera;Françoise Bezerra;Julien Mekki;Athina Varotsou","doi":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3430044","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3430044","url":null,"abstract":"This article compares three models of the atmospheric radiative environment: 1) model of atmospheric ionizing radiative effects (MAIREs); 2) Excel-based Program for calculating Atmospheric Cosmic-ray Spectrum (EXPACS); and 3) radiation atmospheric model for single-event effect simulation (RAMSEES) to experimental fluxes measured at different altitudes. The PIX Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) instrument recorded the fluxes during five stratospheric flights. There is no standard way to model the atmospheric radiative environment today. Each model uses its own Monte Carlo toolkit, modeling the atmosphere and primary particles. The RAMSEES was created by Geant4 simulation of the Extensive Air Shower (EAS) phenomenon generated by highly energetic Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) in 100 km of atmosphere. By using PIX fluxes, this article aims to benchmark the models with experimental data at multiple altitudes. Three integral fluxes were used in this article at a comparison point: 1) photons >0.823 MeV; 2) electrons >10.27 MeV; and 3) protons >80 MeV. MAIRE shows good agreement with all the experimental fluxes from 5 to 40 km. MAIRE predictions show remarkable agreement with the PIX photon fluxes. EXPACS predictions are in a magnitude order of PIX measurements but tend to underestimate the fluxes. Finally, RAMSEES predictions agree with PIX fluxes for protons, electrons, and photons at altitudes of 5–32.5 km. Moreover, RAMSEES shows significant agreement with PIX proton fluxes.","PeriodicalId":13406,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141738017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3426184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2024.3426184","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13406,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10604691","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141725615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Beatrice Pedretti;Giacomo Borghi;Giacomo Ticchi;Davide Di Vita;Marco Carminati;Carlo Fiorini
{"title":"Charge Sharing Assessment and Active Collimation in Monolithic Arrays of Silicon Drift Detectors","authors":"Beatrice Pedretti;Giacomo Borghi;Giacomo Ticchi;Davide Di Vita;Marco Carminati;Carlo Fiorini","doi":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3429622","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3429622","url":null,"abstract":"Charge sharing (CS) between pixels is a significant concern in X-ray spectroscopy detectors based on monolithic arrays of silicon drift detectors (SDDs) when a photon is absorbed near a pixel edge. Traditional mechanical collimation mitigates CS but decreases the active area of the detector. This is particularly true for small-pixel detectors, where the mechanical collimator shields a significant portion of the active area and, moreover, becomes quite complex to be manufactured for small apertures. In this work, we carry out a study of CS in SDDs and introduce active collimation as an alternative to mechanical collimation, leveraging key parameters of signals at the output of the charge-sensitive amplifier (CSA), to identify CS events occurring within a defined coincidence window (CW) in neighboring pixels. To validate the technique, we first conducted a quantitative assessment of the impact of CS on a 16-element monolithic SDD module with 2-mm-side square pixels using a focused pulsed laser. We then tested an active collimation algorithm on this detector configuration during a spectroscopic measurement with an uncollimated 55Fe source, demonstrating its capability in recovering CS events and reconstructing them as Mn-K\u0000<inline-formula> <tex-math>$alpha $ </tex-math></inline-formula>\u0000 peak events. This active collimation approach, in contrast to mechanical collimation, not only enhances the effective active area while achieving a substantial reduction in the background continuum of the spectrum, but also recovers information inevitably lost in uncollimated detectors due to intrinsic CS effects.","PeriodicalId":13406,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10604722","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141738020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TechRxiv: Share Your Preprint Research with the World!","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3427510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2024.3427510","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13406,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10604672","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141725522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science information for authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/TNS.2024.3426196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2024.3426196","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13406,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10604715","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141725668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}